Hydroponics

My experiments growing food with hydroponics.

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Hydroponics is a method of growing plants without soil by delivering nutrients via water. In theory, it offers many advantages over soil: no dirt, no weeding or pests (therefore no herbicides or pesticides), no mould, no root rot, year-round growing indoors, less space required, 90% less water usage, and 30-50% faster growth. Downsides include electricity consumption if using grow lights or water pumps and the need to hand-pollinate flowers from the lack of bees.

Home Experiments

I'll outline my hydroponics experiments here, describing what I tried, what worked, what didn't, and lessons I learned. I have a small storage room in my basement that I use for my Secret Garden. It's about 5' x 10' large with unpainted drywall and a concrete floor.

Home: Round 1

Started: 2022-02-21, ended: 2022-03-04.

Grow Log

I tried germinating iceberg lettuce, romaine lettuce, butterhead lettuce, arugula, cress, and spinach seeds inside a germination dome. I used rockwool starter plugs